ISLAMABAD: A total of 5,518 people have so far been provided financial loans under Prime Minister’s Youth Loan Scheme, government minister for Finance, Economic matters, Statistics and Privatisation Muhammad Ishaq Dar informed National Assembly.

In a written answer to the query of Ms Shahida Rehmani, he stated 348 successful candidates of loans hailed from Sindh, 76 from Balochistan, 4,129 from Punjab, 685 from KPK, 7 hailed from Gilgit-Baltistan, 75 belonged to Azad Jammu and Kashmir and one hundred five hailed from Islamabad.